Leadership for a better future

Our strategy is simple: to create a place where the best researchers and most promising students can achieve their full potential.

We want to return to our historic position as indisputably the best university in the nation, and arguably the best in the region.

Michael Spence, Vice-Chancellor and Principal

What does our strategy mean for you?

No matter what course you’re studying, what faculty you work for, or how you’re involved with the University, our strategy is relevant to you.

The University's strategic plan is more than a high-level document for our governing bodies and senior management. It is the roadmap to achieving our shared vision.

The key themes for our planning for 2016–20 are education and research, supported by an enabling culture and organisational design.

Planning for 2016–20

In 2015 we are developing our 2016-20 Strategic Plan, informed by a wide-ranging consultation with our staff, students and other key stakeholders.

We want to build on the foundations of the 2011–15 plan so that in the next five years we can focus on returning to our historic position as indisputably the best university in the nation, and among the best in the region.

How we enable excellence in research and education is at the core of this year's conversation. We are also talking to the University community about how we develop an enabling culture and organisational design.

Planning for 2020 timeline

March

Senior Executive Group strategy retreat

Vice-Chancellor presentations to Academic Board and all-staff forum

Launch of monthly consultation meetings with staff unions

March/April

Survey of staff and students to inform further consultation. Read a summary of the results
prepared by research firm Colmar Brunton.

April

Vice-Chancellor forums with faculty-based staff

Vice-Chancellor presentations to faculty managers and Campaign Board

May

Senior Executive Group strategy session

Continuation of Vice-Chancellor forums with faculty-based staff and professional staff

Strategy presentations to Alumni Council and Student Representative Council

If you would like more information, you can also download a white paper (2.8MB PDF), published at the same time as the strategic plan to provide additional context, as well as a green paper (900KB PDF) that we used to support a University-wide conversation during the development of the plan.